Vegan Posse

While many these days seem to have lost their way, to Tami Hay of Alberta, Canada, the vegan journey is all about remembering the love that is our essence. Does this LOVE approach work in the real world? It did for Tami! She healed herself of life-threatening Crohn's disease and colitis by adopting a raw food vegan diet - and by cleansing her spirit and soul. She went on to obtain her master's degree in live food nutrition through the Tree of Life Foundation under the tutelage of renowned physician Gabriel Cousens, M.D. Now a grandmother, Tami is a living example of the power of food, plants, and love. And she can show you how to make a mean raw vegan taco!

Resources mentioned:

Tami Hay's book Peace, Love. and Microbess: https://books.friesenpress.com/store/title/119734000059547108/Tami-S.-Hay-EarthGut%3A-The-Story-of-Peace%2C-Love-and-Microbes

Tami Hay's book Sacred Sovereignty: https://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Sovereignty-Infinity-Path-HEAL/dp/0228504619

Hippocrates Wellness: https://hippocrateswellness.org/

Tree of Life Foundation: https://www.treeoflifefi.org/

Climate Healers: https://climatehealers.org/

Vegan for six years and counting, DJ, born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, is a veteran of more water fasting than you probably want to think about. He's also learned to curry vegan favor - and FLAVOR - by showing up at family events with dishes irresistible even to his flesh-loving traditional southern family and friends! You won't want to miss hearing about DJ's never-ending journey to better health, weight loss, and increased compassion for his own body, non-human animals, and, most of all, his fellow humans. Needless to say, he's not your everyday vegan!

Resources mentioned:

A Healthy Alternative: https://www.youtube.com/@AHealthyAlternative

Forks Over Knives: https://www.forksoverknives.com/

Loren Lockman water fasting: https://tanglewoodwellnesscenter.com/water-fasting/

For over a decade, Nashville artist Lauren Markham struggled with a seemingly intractable eating disorder marked by periods of anorexia and binge eating and an overall feeling of disgust with her body. In 2019, sick of the cycle, Lauren decided to take her relationship with food into her own hands by eating three vegan meals a day, regardless of how full, fat, or disgusting she felt – and it worked. In this very personal episode, Lauren talks honestly about how she finally got a handle on her eating disorder and also about her culinary successes, big fails, and how going vegan revolutionized her health, her relationship with food, and her journey toward self-love.

Lauren Markham Art:

Website: http://laurenmarkhamart.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lauren.markham.art/

Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/LaurenMarkhamArt

Resources mentioned:

Cookbooks/Food...

Oh She Glows cookbook: https://ohsheglows.com/the-book/

Thug Kitchen: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/thug-kitchen-eat-like-you-give-a-fck_thug-kitchen/9054403/

DIY Nut Milks, Butters & More: https://www.eatyourbooks.com/library/156177/diy-nut-milks-butters-

Oh She Glows Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe: https://ohsheglows.com/2016/06/15/one-bowl-jumbo-chocolate-chunk-cookies-vegan-gf/

About faro: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/farro-benefits

Vegan Pros...

Dr. Michael Greger’s Nutrition Facts: https://nutritionfacts.org/

Chef AJ: https://www.chefaj.com/

Alan Goldhamer and True North Health Center: https://www.healthpromoting.com/category/diet

Evolutionary psychology coach and political scientist Dr. Jen Howk is known for her incisive political commentary and sometimes brutal tell-it-like-it-is "cavewoman" approach to human relationships. In this episode, though, we get to hear about Jen, the vegan, the woman, the PERSON. Find out the inner mental and emotional workings of one of the most significant voices of our time - whom we're pumped to have in our Posse!

Resources mentioned:

Dr. Jen Howk website: https://www.jenhowk.com/

Esteem Dynamics with Dr. Jen Howk and Dr. Doug Lisle: https://esteemdynamics.com/

Evolutionary psychology podcast Beat Your Genes with Dr. Doug Lisle and Dr. Jen Howk: https://beatyourgenes.org/

"I came to it on my own. I had no support. I didn't know what I was doing." And yet, somehow, a year and eight months into her vegan journey, 30-year-old Wisconsin native Jenna Carlson - now of Nashville, Tennessee - is somehow not only making it work, but making it FUN. Even longtime herbivores will pick up some life lessons from this surprisingly savvy young vegan - and you won't want to miss the big reveal at the very end of our interview. She's her own woman, and she's REAL. She's Jenna!

Resources mentioned:

Earthling Ed: https://earthlinged.org/

The Gentle Barn: https://www.gentlebarn.org/tennessee/

A true vegan celebrity, Victoria Moran has hobnobbed with real-world celebrities like Oprah and filmmaker Michael Moore. She is the author of 13 books (and counting), founder of Main Street Vegan Academy, a sought-after speaker, host of the Victoria Moran Podcast: Meetings with Remarkable Women - and she was named PETA's Sexiest Vegan Over 50. In this intimate interview, she shares about overcoming compulsive overeating, her love for Ayurveda, and the tragic personal events surrounding some of her most successful books. Don’t miss her upcoming virtual workshop Acing Age with Ayurveda in February 2023!

Links, Resources, and Special Discounts:

Main Street Vegan Academy: www.mainstreetvegan.com - Discount code Kindness15 for 15% off tuition. 

Acing Age with Ayurveda Retreat: tinyurl.com/agelessayurveda

Victoria Moran Podcast: Meetings with Remarkable Women: https://mainstreetvegan.com/category/podcast/

Compassion Consortium: https://www.compassionconsortium.org/

IG: @victoriamoranauthor and @Victoria Moran

FB: victoriamoranauthor and (group) Victoria Moran Podcast Listeners

YouTube: VictoriaMoranNYC

Novel Marrying Myself: https://www.amazon.com/Marrying-Myself-Christine-Melanie-Benson/dp/1685130763

Tired of all the vegan marketing toward young people? Patti Breitman is an author, former literary agent, and founder of Dharma Voices for the Animals. Patti's books, including "Never Too Late to Go Vegan - The Vegan Guide to Going Vegan After Fifty," teach people that there are advantages to going vegan at ANY age. Find out more here!

Resources mentioned:

Dharma Voices for the Animals: https://www.dharmavoicesforanimals.org/

Film - Animals and the Buddha; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0MWAAykFuc

Diet for a New American by John Robbins: amazon.com/Diet-New-America-Choices-Happiness/dp/193207354X

Fit for Life by Harvey Diamond: https://www.amazon.com/Fit-Life-Beginning-Harvey-Diamond/dp/0806541172/ref=asc_df_0806541172/

The Relaxation Response by Herbert Benson: https://www.amazon.com/Relaxation-Response-Herbert-Benson/dp/0380815958/

What was it like growing up vegetarian and then teaching himself to "enjoy" meat in order to fit in in the U.S.? And what exactly IS "evidence-based" medicine? Dr. Nehal Parikh talks about all this and lots more, including how he rediscovered his spirituality, became a neonatal specialist, and incorporates evidence-based science into his practice to best serve his patients and their families: "My soul feels whole."

Resources:

Nehal Parikh, DO, MS: https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/bio/p/nehal-parikh

Disease-Proof Your Child by Dr. Joel Fuhrman: https://www.amazon.com/Disease-Proof-Your-Child-Feeding-Right/dp/0312338082

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine: https://www.pcrm.org/

Vegan Summerfest: https://summerfest.navs-online.org/

We vegans are occasionally called CRAZY - but fortunately we've got some amazing therapists on our team! Vegan therapist Kylea Rorabaugh of Kansas City gives us the inside scoop on the connection between diet and mental health, helping clients go off meds, and raising two teenage boys as vegans - or not! Fun fact: this conversation with Kylea inspired me to go back to school for a master's in counseling.

To get in touch with Kylea:

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.healthyonpurpose.org

A self-described "maniac" who never wants to grow up, whole-food-plant-based Carla Sokol of Ohio has TONS of tips and tricks for eating out, including working with restaurants to plan a delish WFPB meal for a large group every month. Carla shares how she cured her own high cholesterol and confides her sadness at not knowing what she now knows about nutrition when her mother was sick with cancer.